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Definition of inverse in English:

inverse

Pronunciation /ˈɪnvəːs//ɪnˈvəːs/

adjective

1attributiveOpposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect.

‘numerous studies have shown an inverse relationship between exercise and the risk of heart disease’

‘We now have an overwhelming consensus amongst well-designed, large, epidemiologic studies suggesting this inverse relationship between folate intake and the risk of developing colon-rectal cancer.’

‘A study published in the October 2001 Journal of Affective Disorders found an inverse relationship between fish consumption and postpartum depression in 23 countries.’

‘For most of the past eight years, since the end of 1992, the historical, inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment rates postulated by the Phillips Curve cannot be discerned in the data.’

‘The positive sign on this effect suggests that the inverse relationship between early support from the mother and adult depressive symptoms is less substantial among male respondents.’

‘I haven't charted this yet, but it seems that there is an inverse relationship between focusing on maximizing investor return, and actual investor return.’

‘The research, by the University of Ulster and the department of psychiatry at the Mater Hospital Trust in Belfast, discovered an inverse relationship between suicide and terrorist- related deaths.’

‘Insofar as Markson poses questions in an inverse order, the critic and the author appear in a perspective which inscribes voice within an economy of representation.’

‘Our data confirm recent findings indicating that the long-standing inverse relationship between social class and obesity has been lost, at least in the UK.’

‘A review of 20 international studies looking into the link between the use of the oral contraceptives and rates of bowel cancer found an inverse relationship.’

‘The inverse Doppler effect is not something you can hear, but understanding it could one day lead to important advances in optics and communications equipment.’

‘This place just proves the theory that there's an inverse relationship between attractiveness and proficiency in math.’

‘In Russia, the inverse order has been observed: there the state organized itself before society, and it organized society.’

‘Other arrangements of film, crystal, and film can also be used to cause an inverse effect - so that when electricity is not applied, no light can pass through.’

‘Next, Spencer proposes an inverse relationship between the degree of fertility and the development of the nervous system.’

‘Unfortunately, rational crime policy analysis and the political pressure on government officials subject to the forces of public opinion may lead to different outcomes, and may even be in inverse relationship.’

‘In theory, at least, this creates a direct, inverse relationship between the unemployment rate and the inflation rate.’

‘This result is inconsistent with theoretical considerations and experimental results obtained under constant light conditions, suggesting an inverse relationship between e p and.’

‘The curve descends nonmonotonically, yet as it does not inverse its direction, the convergence is rather fast and even after 10 generations, the calculated line resembles the experimental one.’

‘We found that univariate analysis showed no association with birth order, but after adjustment for maternal age, an inverse association with birth order was apparent.’

‘Presidential popularity is positively associated with partisan support but shows an inverse relationship for members of the opposition.’

2Mathematics A reciprocal quantity, mathematical expression, geometric figure, etc. which is the result of inversion.

‘the age of such a universe is simply the inverse of the Hubble constant’

‘Those two pairs of mathematical inverses yield scores that are reciprocals of each other.’

‘The coefficient on quantity exported represents the inverse of the residual demand elasticity, which is the main point of interest here.’

2.1An element which, when combined with a given element in an operation, produces the identity element for that operation.

‘Group theory studies not a single structure, but a type of structure, the pattern common to collections of objects with a binary operation, an identity element thereon, and inverses for each element.’

‘If the cull is sufficiently small, this response is given by an element of the inverse of the Jacobian matrix.’

‘Existence of inverses there exist elements a and a ^ - 1 for every a such that a + = z and a x = e.’